Old #7 & Maiden!

Its
getting closer to D day for director Gonzalo Lopez producer Javier
Rueda and I; the day where our short film
OLD NUMBER 7 will premiere at this year's SITGES FILM
FESTIVAL. And we got a bit of good news to keep us going till
we get there.

Iconic band IRON MAIDEN has approved our usage of one
of their songs (Face in the Sand) in our film; granted its for
film festival showings only and not commercial usage but
hey man, it's f*cking Maiden and we couldn't be happier. Hopefully by the time distribution knocks on our door, we'll
scrounge up enough money to use the song there as well.

Here's what Lopez had to say about the news:
"To me, music is what makes the difference between cinema and
movies; I would say it is as important as the actors and the
lighting. So to have a whole sequence put together with Iron Maiden
music, one of the best rock bands EVER (perhaps the best) is an
honor and a challenge. I can can only be at the top of my game
since I will use it in the prologue of the movie to establish the
tone, characters, story and to try to make the audience feel what
they need to feel. It's almost as if it will be included in a movie
within a movie, a horror Bond intro sequence if you may. You will
see."

And here's what I have to say:
YEEHAW! IRON MAIDEN was
my first concert ever and the first band I ever worshiped (yup the
horror covers got my attention then the music kept me there...to
this day).
Gonzalo and I actually wrote the OLD NUMBER 7 screenplay while
listening to Maiden, so having one of their songs in the actual film
- if only for Festival usage (for now) - feels so damn right!

Here's the OLD NUMBER 7 SYNOPSIS: Roy (John
Fallon), a no nonsense kind of guy, arrives from the United States
in Barcelona (Spain.) He’s there to confront his wife Mariona (Saida
Lamas - pictured left), who aborted their baby without his consent,
and to clear the air with his brother Gonzalo (Sergio Bernal) who
has since began an intimate relationship with his wife. Unbeknown
to all of them though, there is a ruthless killer at large and
powerful supernatural forces looming around them.

The flick was produced by Gonzalo Lopez (Sweet Water Pictures),
Aved Productions and myself and expect more Number 7 goodies sooner
than later!